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Oregon Thursday. K-bruary 14. i'WI I ugenc Oregon \ulunio . Issue IO*> Gulf War DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Allied warplanes, in a pinpoint bombing that sent shock waves far beyond Iran, destroyed an under ground structure in Bagh dad on Wednesday, and officials said 500 civilians were killed. Iraq called it a bomb shelter, the Unit ed States a military com mand center. By nightfall, 14 hours after the pre-dawn attack, crews were still pulling charred bodies, some of them children, from the rubble, an Associated Press correspondent re ported from Baghdad. Distraught relatives crowded the smoke-filled streets. See story, Page 5 Inside The University’s annu al College Bowl competi tion ended Wednesday with the team made up Doug Untalan, Alison Parakh. Brian Sandy and Andrew Burke — calling themselves Babe Way Hip and the Hoarders of Ex crement — winning the tournament. Two weeks ago. the competition began with 52 teams, some made up of dormitory residents and some who competed in the at-large category The final eight teams — five from the dormitories and three at-large — made it to the final round See story. Page 8 Most preseason Pacif ic-10 Conference polls predicted that by this point in the men’s basket ball season, both Wash ington and Washington State would be comfort ably tucked away togeth er in the bottom of the conference. Last place Washing ton, 3-8 in the Pac-10 and 12-9 overall, is beginning to assume the basement rob, but the Cougars. 7-4 and 15-5. have stunned basketball fans as sole owner of second place in Washington State meets Oregon. 10-10 and . 5-5, at McArthur Court - tonight at 7:35. and the Huskies travel to Eugene on Saturday for a 1:08 p.m. meeting. See story. Page 9 Labor leader to go to trial over protest Morgan-Nicolai manager files charges over crosses By Brian Bloch Emerald Reporter After leading a group of workers who picketed Spring field's Morgan Nicolai plant lor more than two years. I'niversi tv professor Dennis Gilbert mas face up to two months in jail for i harges stemming from a strike incident last |uI\ Gilbert, an adjunct physics professor at the University since 1984. will appear this morning in a lane County Dis trict (iourt on ( harges of (Irimi mil Trespass 2 and Criminal Mischief t. both crimes are Class C misdemeanors carrying a maximum fine of $500 or 40 days in jail. The charges stem from a July 11 incident that took place in the front yard of Nicolai plant manager I.eeKoy Pasquini A group of demonstrators, led by Gilbert, placed 150 small, wooden crosses on Pasquini's lawn in a show of frustration and solidarity on the 2-vear an niversary of the strike "We wanted to make a state ment that tliis is a community issue,” Gilbert said. "He's de stroyed the livelihoods of so many families We don't think people like that can harm the community and then disappear into it." Gilbert called the demonstra tion "peaceful and symbolic” of llit1 strikers' sai rifii es anil frustration with the dour matin facturing plant's attempt to break up I.ik al ill r> "We dramali/ed the effects he's had on these peoples' lives." he said However, shortly after the demonstration Pasipnm signed a complaint and (filbert was ar raigned in Dislru I (lourt on the two counts Aug 17 (dlliert, |ust one of a group of demonstrators involved in the incident, said he feels the t rim mal charges have been brought lust to harass him He called the inconvenience on I’asipnni "totally trivial in comparison" to the effect the strike has hail on workers' lives. "We brought no harm to him." he said "This is a free speech issue He's gone into the homes and lives of these people and hurt them At least one person has died from the stress of it all "If it was truly a criminal of fense. everybody would have been brought in it's |ust simple harassment Attempts to contact Pasquini Wednesday were unsuccessful. (iiltiert blamed the I'tHti cor porate buy-out of Nicolai for merly a family-run business and the ensuing bottom line management strategy for the strike. He said the average It) percent wage ruts and drastic File photo Dennis Gilbert (setonil fmm ri^hl) ami other former Mor/tan Nicolai employees picket in front of the plant manager's home last July. benefit reductions offered by tlit* new Nicolai owners was "greed, pure and simple "They tried to break the union and really reduce the stand,ml of living in that Indus try,'' hi* said The lengthy strike ended last ()i t .it) when, hv a vote of re Turn to TRIAL. Page 3 Administrative rule calls for measles booster By Tammy Batey Emerald Reporter Measles vaccinations and grievance procedures are the subjects of two administration rules filed recently with Ore gon Secretary of State Phil keisling. In a related rule-making deci sion. amendments to an admin istrative rule regarding an in crease in fines for bicyclists, roller skaters, and skateboard ers were withdrawn In response to the measles outbreak on the University campus last year and a measles epidemic on college campuses nationwide, an administrative rule now requires that incom ing students receive a "booster or second shot of measles vaccine. Under OAK 571-04-016. ail persons born after Dec. 31. 1056 who enroll as University students must provide evidence of having re ceived two doses of measles vaccine, or must receive a second. Students can receive another vaccination from the Student Health Center or from a private health care provider. Measles cases increased over 400 percent in 1900 when com pared with the prior year. There wure three cases on the University campus this fall, which caused the school to respond by spending about $100,000 in immunizations for people who had either come into contact with measles or who were concerned about it. said I)r. lames Jackson. Student Health Center director "Measles is highly contagious and if you come into contact with it you'll be likely to get it." he said "It's not a benign disease, there's the potential for death One out of every 3,000 people who got measles last year died." I ll* photo Under new administrative rules measles “boosters" will be re quired for incoming students born after Dec. 31, 1956. Complications which ran arise from measles ini hole on cephalitis (an inflammation of the hrain) and pneumonia "Most people probably re reived a vaccination as a child." larkson said "Now it appears that one isn't good enough It's a scary thing If you just received one it's not enough protection The new administrative rule was created in response to the measles outbreak last year, said Muriel )ac kson. assistant vice president for administration "Some statistu s during testi mony showed that young peo ple. specifically those at col lege. are particularly at risk." she said There are exemptions to the administrative rule. These include a religious exemption for stu dents whose religions prevent them from getting immunizations, an age exclusion for students born (adore and students who have had measles before. Students t>orn before 1957 are excluded la*cause "they've probably had natural measles as a child." lames jackson said Once you've had measles you will not contrac t it again, he added More than 3.000 students have received an extra dose of vac cine since this fall in accordance with the new administrative rule, he said Students who choose to get a "booster dose" have two op tions: the standard measles vaccine or the MMR which includes doses of vaccine to combat measles, mumps and rubella (german measles), (antes Jackson said * If students have questions regarding measles vac rotations they Turn to RULES Page 3